Can someone point me to the Forum Guidelines?

I want to look at the guidelines I want to read them over, I'm curious since I've read there are some but I don't see a link to them. I want to compare them to something within Daybreak and their polices.

https://forums.daybreakgames.com/dcuo/index.php?help/terms

thank you

Daybreak Games Forum Guidelines


1) Be respectful and courteous
- The purpose of these Forums and other official, Daybreak Games-maintained communication channels is to create a positive and constructive atmosphere for discussion about Daybreak Games Games and topics meaningful to our communities. While we may at times disagree with one another, it is important to maintain an atmosphere of civility and respect so that all voices may be heard. Disagreements with others are acceptable, but must be expressed in a reasonable and polite manner.

2) Communicate constructively
- It is important for any communication, whether between players or directly with Daybreak Games employees, to be constructive. Posts without constructive commentary distract from or otherwise reduce the visibility of valuable communication and discourages others from participating in the conversation.
A few examples of non-constructive communication are as follows

• Off-topic commentary for specific forum - topics or conversation inappropriate for a particular area is unlikely to be seen by the intended audience and can spawn distracting and non-productive discussions, as well as splitting otherwise useful discussions into multiple channels. Political and religious discussions are considered non constructive on Official Daybreak Games Forums.
• Spam - communication without meaningful content that does not add to the conversation. Some examples are: +1, first, bump, /agree, etc.
• Cross-posting - posting the same topic or conversation repeatedly and/or across multiple avenues of communication in an attempt to gain attention for an issue. This splits conversation into multiple channels. If a conversation is relevant to multiple groups, players may post a link to the main conversation. We also do not allow posting a new thread on a topic that is already being discussed, as it spreads conversation out and makes it harder to gather the appropriate feedback.
• Naming/Accusing - Openly accusing another player or group of misbehavior results in non-constructive discussion and is not allowed. You may discuss the type of behavior at issue, but specifically naming individuals or groups is not allowed. In cases of exploiting, harassment or other violations of conduct, please submit a ticket to Customer Service for investigation.
• Disrupting Official Threads - these are created to gather feedback on specific issues or topics relevant to Daybreak Games. Do not post about other topics, or use the thread as a platform to attempt to advance another agenda.
• Polling/Petitioning – The creation of petitions or polls are not permitted in Daybreak Games communications channels.

3) Do not troll or make personal attacks - Trolling and attacking others is not allowed on Daybreak Games Forums or other Daybreak Games-maintained communication channels.

• Trolling is posting provocatively with reasonable expectation of provoking an emotional response (intentional or not). Trolling can include:
• Non-constructive feedback or comments.
• Nerf Calls - Openly calling for "Nerfs" (blanket reductions to abilities) is not allowed. If you feel something is overpowered or needs to be toned back, post your constructive comments and explanations.
• Accusing Others of Trolling - Calling someone a troll or accusing them of trolling is a form of trolling in itself. If you feel someone is behaving in a manner not consistent with these rules, please use the "Report this post to a Moderator" function on the forums.
• Excessive Reporting of Posts - Using the "Report this post to a Moderator" function of the forums to draw attention to a specific cause, to target an individual or to bypass a forum suspension or ban is considered trolling, particularly if it is used frequently for the purpose.
• Personal attacks - Do not insult, degrade or criticize any person or group of people. Personal attacks are hurtful, often lead to response in kind and destroy useful discussion.
• Examples of personal attacks include calling someone stupid, saying "You suck," "I wish you would die," or "You should be fired."
• Attacking groups of people, companies, and other countries is similarly prohibited.
• Attacks specifically regarding race, religion or sexual orientation are grounds for immediate suspension or banning.

4) Do not reveal account information
- While most areas of our games are valid topics for discussion, Customer Service (GM) interactions are sensitive, due to privacy concerns. If discussing CS interactions, the comments must be kept constructive, civil and without revealing personal or account information.

5)Profanity
- Because Daybreak Games appeals to a broad audience, the use of profanity is not permissible in any Daybreak Games communication medium. Do not intentionally evade the word filter or partially mask profanity by the substituting characters or words. The intent will still be clear. Either use all symbols or find another word choice (preferable).

6) Signatures are welcome
- Daybreak Games forums allow posters to use custom signatures. The current maximum size allowed for a signature is 350px tall, 500px wide (including any text) and1500KB. Any signatures considered inappropriate may be removed. Repeated violations may result in the removal of your ability to use custom signatures.

7) Abide by moderator direction
- If you disagree with a moderator or employee's actions, do not discuss or challenge the matter in forum posts. Contact a member of the Community team and clearly state your concerns.

These rules are not comprehensive and are provided as a general outline of conduct for Daybreak Games-maintained forums and communication channels. Failure to follow these rules or any direction from Daybreak Games staff or volunteers may result in your posting privileges being suspended, either temporarily or permanently.

So I'm reading this "guidelines" Most I agree with but would be helpful if they sent an inbox message to new forum users of these polices, as well as gave warnings too.

Because some of it don't match up with the Daybreak policies so people could dispute things based off that. Not saying its wrong but maybe handle better. Either way I didn't know about these guidelines until ask asking about it. I assumed the Daybreak Polices where what was used for this forum as well.

Also for #7 how do we know what the Monitor Direction is? I think in many cases people do not know that. Is there a link that has this updated by the Monitors themselves or a standard one?

Looking at it they can be subjugated easily like personal attacks, could be calling people names based off you don't agree with their post, but if nothing is done to them or no warning is given it would lead to a toxic community. I think people should read this more carefully the guidelines I didn't even read the Daybreak polices.

ah you posted them here lol

Don't bother with any of all that. There aren't really any moderators anymore. You'll not get warnings.

Threads get deleted and people get banned (either for a week of forever).

Just try not to do anything that would even spark the interest of those with said power.


My response here is on the edge. 1st rule of moderating is we don't talk about moderating.

Hopefully, this response is seen as a positive, since 8m telling you to be a good boy

lol You'll be surprise of how many people PM me telling me the same thing interesting...thanks for the heads up.

For example, if a post gets deleted, don't make a second post complaining about censorship. You know about monitor direction because it is explicitly given to you.

Doh! I didn't even think of doing that.

I love that show when I was a kid.....thinking about it now I had a boring childhood if one of my favorite show was Alley McBeal.

I always thought she was hot. And I don't mind saying it.

Btw, I grew up with Night Court. Look it up if you wanna see lame TV to grow up on

This is pretty basic stuff.

Regarding the bolded portion, there are quite a few, and I mean a LOT, of people who are violating this rule. There are several in this thread, including the OP. On my desktop, they don't bother me that much but on my phone, scrolling through all these damn billboard sigs gets tiresome.

For the record, and future use, all you have to do is look at the bottom of the page, where "Terms of Service" is clickable.

It's against the forum guidelines to be talking about Bull like that.......hehehe

So be excellent to each other and don't be a jerk. Pretty basic

Nice